Environmental Politics

"Arab States Call On U.N. Security Council To Meet Over Ethiopian Dam"

"Arab states are calling on the U.N. Security Council to discuss the dispute over Ethiopia’s plan to fill a giant dam it is building on the Blue Nile, Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit said on Tuesday after a foreign ministers’ meeting."

Source: Reuters, 06/16/2021

G7 Brightens Outlook For New Nature Pact But Pandemic Threatens Deadline

"New pledges by G7 leaders on climate change and biodiversity loss will boost efforts to strike a global pact to protect nature but an October deadline is likely to be missed without in-person talks, officials and observers said on Tuesday."

Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn., 06/16/2021

Judge Says Biden Can't Pause New Leases for Drilling on Public Lands

"A federal judge in Louisiana has blocked the Biden administration’s suspension of new oil and gas leases on federal lands and waters, in the first major legal roadblock for President Biden’s quest to cut fossil fuel pollution and conserve public lands."

Source: NYTimes, 06/16/2021

"Schumer To Trigger Reconciliation Process On Wednesday"

"Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) says he will convene a meeting with all 11 Democratic members of the Senate Budget Committee on Wednesday to begin the process for passing a budget resolution, paving the way for Democrats to pass a major infrastructure bill on a party-line vote."

Source: The Hill, 06/16/2021

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